Agassi Tennis Generation (PC)

Developed by Aqua Pacific

Published by Cryo Interactive

Release notes

Paul Roberts

Aqua Pacific Ltd

Last updated: 27th May 2002

# Contents

1. Introduction

2. System requirements

3. Known issues and tips

4. Further information

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Agassi Tennis Generation. This file contains late-breaking information that didn’t make it into the manual, and it is recommended to read it before playing the game.

NB This document relates to the game version 1.0.000.

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2. System requirements

Minimum configuration:
Intel Pentium III 500 or equivalent
128Mb RAM
32Mb video card

300Mb free disk space (for a minimal installation)

Recommended configuration:
Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 1GHz
256Mb RAM
32Mb video card with hardware T&L

600Mb or more free disk space

Agassi Tennis Generation requires DirectX 8.0 or newer to run. The game has been tested on Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, Me and XP. It has not been tested on Windows 95.

If you are experiencing any kind of problem with Agassi Tennis Generation, then please check that your system specification meets or exceeds the above requirements. If it does not, then you are likely to experience severe problems running the game, and the developers cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to hardware, software or data as a consequence.

Note: If your system requires an update to DirectX, then this may require additional disk space, depending on the hardware installed. The game may also need 100Mb or more additional disk space to run, depending on the amount of RAM present in your system.

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3. Known issues and tips

## Shot strength selection

After the printed documentation was finalised, we added the ability to affect the power of individual shots during play. The power of a shot can be increased by holding down the key or controller button for a longer period of time when pressed. A quick tap of the key or button will produce a weaker shot. This applies to non-service shots only – service power is selected using the visible power “arc”.

## Intro videos

If, while the intro videos are playing, the user or another application causes the game to minimise itself to the taskbar, then upon restoration, the videos may play in a desktop window, rather than full screen. The game will reselect full screen mode after the videos have finished playing.

## Log files

To aid tracking and resolution of issues both before and after release, the game creates a log file called agassi_pc_xxxxxx.log (where xxxxxx is the Windows network name of the PC the game is running on) in the game directory. To maximise performance and to minimise disk space usage, this log is cleared and replaced each time the game is launched, and only minimal information is written to it by default. However, the level of information written can be increased by launching the game with the command line parameter traceverbositylevel=x, where x is a number between 1 and 4. Use caution with values of 2 or above, as they will make the game run extremely slowly, and cause the log file to become very large, very quickly.

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## Multimedia Keyboard software

If you are experiencing problems with Agassi Tennis Generation continually minimising itself to the taskbar, check that your system tray does not have an icon for the Multimedia Keyboard software from http://www.driver333.com.tw/. If it does, please close this software (temporarily) before launching Agassi Tennis Generation.

## Desktop resolution setting

You may notice that Agassi Tennis Generation does not allow you to select a resolution that has the same dimensions as your desktop. This is to work around a compatibility issue discovered on certain PCs in the days leading up to release, and may be resolved in a future update.

## Video card compatibility

Agassi Tennis Generation has been tested and found to run without issues on the following video cards / chipsets:

- Nvidia Geforce (all versions)
- ATI Radeon series
- SiS 315
- Matrox G550
- Kyro II

It was also tested on the following cards, and ran with only minor graphical/speed issues:

- ATI Rage Fury Maxx
- 3dfx Voodoo4
- 3dfx Voodoo5
- Nvidia TNT-2

We don’t recommended running the game on the following cards:

- 3dfx Voodoo3
- ATI Rage Pro

Permedia 3 Create!

Owners of this graphics card may experience some issues with graphical corruption on player shadows during a game.

3dfx Voodoo5

There’s a rare issue concerning this card, where users may see nothing on the screen when they launch the game.

## General graphics problems

As with all PC games, the best performance and reliability can usually be achieved by installing the latest, certified drivers for your video card, available from the card manufacturer’s web site.

## Sound issues

We have identified some problems on certain system configurations, where in-game sounds can loop incorrectly or are cut off prematurely. These will hopefully be resolved in a future update (see below).

## Tie breaks

Agassi Tennis Generation implements the tie break rule of tennis, which comes into force at six games all in any set except for the final set. However, the game has the option of playing a match with only one set, and we decided that this would not be played as a final set, and therefore, may trigger a tie break. If you wish to play a single set match without the possibility of a tie break, then you can disable tie breaks entirely from the Game Options menu.

## Performance improvement

To ensure the best possible performance of Agassi Tennis Generation on your system, we recommend the following:

- Close all other open applications and games before launching Agassi Tennis Generation
- Select a lower screen resolution and colour depth from the initial configuration dialog – e.g. 640x480x16 rather than 1600x1200x32
- If possible, do not switch tasks (by pressing Alt+Tab, a Windows logo key, etc.) while the game is running
- Disable services such as anti-virus programs before running the game (and re-enable them afterwards!)

## CD Autoplay

If the Agassi Tennis Generation installer does not launch automatically upon insertion of the CD-ROM, you can launch it manually:

- Click on the Start button
- Select “Run…”
- Type the following into the text box d:\setup (where “d” may be replaced by the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive if it’s different)
- Click OK

## Keyboard limitations

Some users may experience problems where the game does not appear to recognise certain combinations of three or more keys pressed simultaneously. This is a limitation of the keyboard hardware and is not software-related.

## Monitor frequency out of range

If your monitor appears to switch off when you launch the game, or displays a message such as “vertical frequency out of range”, then it is possible that it is not configured properly in the Windows Control Panel. When this happens, press Alt+F4 to terminate the game, and then ensure that the monitor type selected in the Display section of Control Panel matches that of your monitor hardware. Alternatively, you can try just running the game in a different (usually lower) resolution.

## Control configuration

There is a known problem with user control configurations, where the camera change control may occasionally stop working. This should be addressed in a future update, but for the time being, can be worked around by resetting the control in the Control Options menu.

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4. Further information

For more information and to download the latest updates for Agassi Tennis Generation, please visit the Cryo Interactive web site at:

http://www.cryo-interactive.com/

The latest patches and updates will be found in the Technical Support section.

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## Agassi Tennis Generation

Game Copyright © 2002 Cryo Interactive

Source code Copyright © 2002 Aqua Pacific Ltd